#C9C042#C9C042

#C9C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.144 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C042
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -11.64, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 62.93, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0378 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.144 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9221, 50.5117, 12.5893)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C042 #424BC9

analogous

#C97D42 #C9C042 #8FC942

triadic

#C9C042 #42C9C0 #C042C9

tetradic

#C9C042 #42C97D #424BC9 #C9428F

square

#C9C042 #42C97D #424BC9 #C9428F

split-complementary

#C9C042 #428FC9 #7D42C9

monochromatic

#706B20 #A0982E #C9C042 #D7D072 #E4E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C9C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C042

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C042	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.144 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27d',
    500: '#c9c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c042;
$custom-light: #ddd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7924,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C042

secondary

#363A7A

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C042

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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